Would you get high before going to work to take care of a muscular dystrophy patient who is ventilator-dependent and had a tracheostomy?
Lisha Grier did just that while she was employed at Maxim Healthcare Services in VA Beach in Dec. ’06. Her license was revoked by the board in June.
A year earlier she was a no show at work for a few days and told no one of her whereabouts.
This is not the first time Grier has been in trouble with the board.
Her license was suspended in 2002 after she was found sleeping on a sofa with a blanket when she was supposed to be taking care of a four month old child with arthrogryposis, which causes limited joint movement in children.
In 1999, Grier was reprimanded for falling asleep yet again while caring for a 23-month-old child during a night shift. The child was found gasping for air by the mother. Grier was taken off the night shift.
Grier also failed to show up for some of her board hearings because she said she was in an abusive relationship at the time.
Check out this article on an employee getting high while at work from First Coast News in Florida.
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